On offer is a very good impression of an ORIGINAL ETCHING:

"BILLINGSGATE" Original Etching by Ernest George

Publisher: The Portfolio, Seeley & Co 1878 

Reference : Kennedy No. 47 State 8 

Signed :  In the plate

Size: Image/plate mark 152 mm (HEIGHT) x 226 mms (WIDTH) - Sheet 345 mm (HEIGHT) x 245 mm (WIDTH) 

 Published in 1878; this is a beautiful impression with plate tone printed in black ink and full original margins on hand made paper  from "The Portfolio" edition, published in London in January 1878 in by Seeley, Jackson & Halliday and edited by 19th Century artist and art critic and etcher Phillip Gilbert Hamerton.

Nearly twenty years after it was originally etched Billingsgate was published by Hamerton (1834-1894) in 1878. A very good, clean wiped impression of the eighth state was printed by Frederick Goulding (1842-1909) and approved by Whistler, who wrote ''Bon à tirer' on it before the edition was printed by Goulding. These are original prints, printed from the copper plate, although not printed by the artist. According to Kennedy, an edition of one hundred impressions was printed on Japanese paper, and a further unspecified number were printed and bound in the journal Portfolio. 

Hamerton published Billingsgate, in this eighth state, in the January 1878 issue of The Portfolio, printed on contemporary laid paper that can be either cream or ivory in colour. This example is on cream sheet. The sheet size of Portfolio impressions, as issued, is approximately 217 x 355 mm, and the etching was inserted next to page 8 of the text, where Hamerton discussed the print briefly.

A rare chance to acquire an original and important Whister etching

Condition: A very good clean and unmarked sheet - no fading - no mount marks - ideal for mounting in portfolio or frame - see my photos